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What AI's insatiable appetite for power means for our future
Fox News ^ | y Kurt Knutsson

Posted on 07/24/2025 8:32:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: grobdriver

“Turn it all off.
Who needs it?”

Including the internet?


41 posted on 07/24/2025 10:19:36 AM PDT by TexasGator (There is no Sharknado system)
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To: Bobbyvotes
AI is nothing more than a search engine on steroids.

Not true.

42 posted on 07/24/2025 10:19:48 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Bobbyvotes

“AI is nothing more than a search engine on steroids.”

GEMINI:

Many people associate AI with search engines because major tech companies like Google have integrated AI into their search functionalities, providing AI-generated summaries and more nuanced results.

This exposure often leads to the misconception that AI’s primary or sole function is information retrieval, similar to a traditional search engine.

However, AI’s capabilities extend far beyond search, encompassing tasks like automation, content creation, complex data analysis, and decision-making in various industries.


43 posted on 07/24/2025 10:22:01 AM PDT by TexasGator (There is no Sharknado system)
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To: TexasGator

Referring to AI.
We had Internet long before - but I guess it’s all inextricably mixed now...


44 posted on 07/24/2025 11:35:29 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: grobdriver

I would not have answered that. He always fishes with “all or nothing” questions like that. Never a common sense compromise or selective use.

With that said the “normal net” is just about done for. It is just about time to go stealth with alternate nets and stop supporting the mass commercialism of the normal net.


45 posted on 07/24/2025 11:46:49 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: TexasGator

Every stock transaction I executed using AI lost money.


46 posted on 07/24/2025 12:01:12 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS is the ONLY WAY to get rid of corrupt career politicians. )
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To: SeekAndFind

If you ask AI how it determines what is true, the answer is it reviews what is out on the internet. That is the major flaw of AI. It will eventually squash truth.


47 posted on 07/24/2025 12:19:22 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: PGR88

It’s pretty much a certainty that “green energy” can’t possibly supply AI with enough power. Power needed for AI right now might mean some energy shortages. Do we need AI this bad? It quite possibly could be unaffordable in the near future. I for one would rather see AI unaffordable instead of seeing already established energy needs unaffordable in the near future because of AI.


48 posted on 07/24/2025 1:06:31 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: SeekAndFind

We have a few centuries worth of clean coal in the Wyoming-Montana region. It is easy to dig up and turn into electricity. Locate the AI farms nearby and where there is cooling water. Or high voltage DC power is the best way to send electricity to AI data centers a few hundred miles away.


49 posted on 07/24/2025 1:12:22 PM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: SeekAndFind

Quebec is a natural for AI server farms. Lots of cheap hydropower with much that has not been developed yet.


50 posted on 07/24/2025 1:15:03 PM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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51 posted on 07/24/2025 1:18:17 PM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rolling blackouts in the future.


52 posted on 07/24/2025 3:37:33 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: Openurmind

Might as well. A Universal Basic Income won’t go far anyway.


53 posted on 07/24/2025 3:40:01 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: Texas Eagle
Ask Grok what they should do.

Retired tight ends. Is there nothing they don’t know?
54 posted on 07/24/2025 3:42:00 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: TexasGator

I’m old enough to remember when AI stood for artificial insemination.


55 posted on 07/24/2025 3:47:47 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: oldtech

“I for one would rather see AI unaffordable instead of seeing already established energy needs unaffordable in the near future because of AI.”

Oh, finally someone who can actually see the writing on the wall. You are exactly right. AI is going to end up making power extremely expensive and unaffordable. And the reason will be to discourage and minimize personal power use so that AI can suck it up instead. We will have to learn to live with very minimal power use. No Central air or heating, no extra toys at all. We will be lucky to afford to keep our food cold...


56 posted on 07/24/2025 3:50:31 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: oldtech
I currently figure, because of the energy - heat and supply - problems, AI should only be powered by "green energy." Otherwise, the AI frenzy will continue until it and many related activities slam into a wall.
57 posted on 07/24/2025 3:54:00 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Resolute Conservative

Thanks. Made me laugh.


58 posted on 07/24/2025 3:56:07 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Texas Eagle

What if Grok asks ChatGPT?


59 posted on 07/24/2025 3:57:32 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

Or Alexa.


60 posted on 07/24/2025 4:18:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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